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Hoodies or Uniforms?
Friday 02nd of May 2008 02:34:59 AM
What do you think of when you see people wearing sweatshirts with hoods or “hoodies”? Do you avoid them? Are you concerned for your safety? Or do you just admire their comfortable style? The Southampton City Council has some definite ideas about hoodies. The City Council has recently made clear that they feel that hoodies represent antisocial and possibly criminal behaviour. And they are strongly encouraging cabbies to stop wearing these kinds of sweatshirts.
The move by the City Council is part of an effort to welcome tourists to Southampton. Southampton is an historic port and an exciting modern city. The City Council wants all those in the hospitality industry to provide a warm welcome to visitors and tourists. According to the City Council, a warm welcome includes appropriate clothing.
Some private hire firms agree. Some will be introducing uniforms within the next year to take any unintended messages out of the way taxi drivers dress. Others are considering implementing a dress code that would prevent cabbies from wearing baseball caps or hoodies while on the job.
Are Hoodies Really a Problem?
According to Bladerunner, the Essex based company that introduced stab proof hoodies, teenagers and gang members are not buying these specially made hoodies. These specially made hoodies have been on the market in England for about a year and the president of the company has recently announced that pensioners, not gang members, are the most common buyer of stab proof hoodies.
In the end a hoodie is just a sweatshirt. It is not always a cause for concern. Sometimes it is just a comfortable garment. Yet, cities and businesses have legitimate concerns about the assumptions that some people draw when they see other people wearing hoodies and that concern needs to be weighed against a person’s right to wear what they want within the guideline set forth by law.
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